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| Put me squarely in the "Huh?!?" Camp... | |
| Posted by: HadriansMall 01:38 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
| In reply to: Just announced: Dolly on the national tour will be... - AC126748 10:20 am EST 02/12/18 | |
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| I love Betty Buckley. I've seen her many times on stage - both in musical theatre roles and in cabaret. There is nothing about anything I've ever seen her do that indicates (to me) that she will excel in this role. I'm concerned that she will bring far too much gravitas to the role. I'm just imagining her "Before The Parade Passes By." Huh? | |
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| re: Put me squarely in the "Huh?!?" Camp... | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 06:05 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
| In reply to: Put me squarely in the "Huh?!?" Camp... - HadriansMall 01:38 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
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| This is what people said about Audra as Billie Holliday and DHP as Horace. These are ACTORS people! Actors have range beyond what you've seen them in. Betty is a great actress. She will be wonderful. | |
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| re: Put me squarely in the "Huh?!?" Camp... | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 04:22 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
| In reply to: Put me squarely in the "Huh?!?" Camp... - HadriansMall 01:38 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
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| However she did it, Buckley excelled at the light comedy of TRIUMPH OF LOVE back in the '90's, and even got a Tony nomination for her effort. That role is a far cry from Dolly, but it did involve Buckley playing a character who comes to realize that the life she's designed for herself isn't what she wants anymore and that she's ready to leave it all behind for a chance at love. And she did indeed bring the house down with her famous curtain line. |
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| i just hope it will be Jerry Zaks directing her | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 01:43 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 01:40 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
| In reply to: Put me squarely in the "Huh?!?" Camp... - HadriansMall 01:38 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
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| Rather than Jerry there for a week with the Associate Director doing most of the work with her. If she is capable of doing this role, she is going to need a good amount of rehearsal with the *actual* director of the show, and someone with the experience to get it out of her consistently. (of course until Dolly, he hasn't directed anything really good on Broadway since 1995/96... and has had a slew of bad shows since then, even ones that seemed obviously suited to him, but I have to assume he is still good... as the success of this revival would presumably show) |
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| re: i just hope it will be Jerry Zaks directing her | |
| Posted by: schlepper 05:03 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
| In reply to: i just hope it will be Jerry Zaks directing her - Chazwaza 01:40 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
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| "(of course until Dolly, he hasn't directed anything really good on Broadway since 1995/96... and has had a slew of bad shows since then, even ones that seemed obviously suited to him, but I have to assume he is still good... as the success of this revival would presumably show)" What "slew of bad shows since then" are you referring to? He's had one show open since DOLLY --- and that was METEOR SHOWER --- which received mostly respectable reviews. |
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| re: i just hope it will be Jerry Zaks directing her | |
| Posted by: Ann 05:25 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: i just hope it will be Jerry Zaks directing her - schlepper 05:03 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
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| What "slew of bad shows since then" are you referring to? Since 1995/96, I think. |
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| re: i just hope it will be Jerry Zaks directing her | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 05:27 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: i just hope it will be Jerry Zaks directing her - Ann 05:25 pm EST 02/12/18 | |
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| Yes you're right (I think that's fairly clear in how it's written). | |
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